Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...came the touching news that U.S. taxpayers had been touched, in fiscal 1956, to the sharp tune of $75.1 billion-13% more than the $66.3 billion they paid in federal taxes the year before. Naturally, said Internal Revenue Commissioner Russell C. Harrington, the increase could be attributed largely to higher levels of personal and corporate income, a fact from which few could recoil or take comfort...
...Higher Prices. Though many U.S. oilmen confidently predicted that the oil crisis would end soon, few Europeans were as optimistic, looked ahead gloomily to higher prices, short supplies, gas rationing, mounting unemployment as oil-dependent industries were forced to slow down. Britain has already asked drivers to stay off the road voluntarily to conserve fuel, expects full-scale rationing by Christmas (see FOREIGN NEWS). But despite their troubles, London's papers could still note, with a wry smile, that the Arabs had their troubles, too, were unable to ship abroad all the oil they produced...
...about 1,000,000 bbls. of Western oil daily and ship it to Europe. It will soon cost even more; oil prices are already starting to edge up, and tanker rates, which increased 38% in the last two months, are nearly 150% higher than last year at this time and at the highest point since the Korean...
...Tchad are enthusiastic about the lake's apparent resurrection. It will immensely increase the agricultural yield of the region and stimulate trade along newly created waterways. At the same time, none of the scientists will predict how long the lake will continue to rise. Although it is currently higher than it has been in 50 years, its rise has not been accompanied by any increase in rainfall. The scientists' best guess: the underground reservoir of water into which the lake's waters have apparently been draining is now filled, and Chad will continue to expand until...
...sold-out Stadium of nearly 39,000 who had expected a Harvard victory, and indeed, there were others willing to give away as many as thirty points, so confident were they of a Yale slaughter. And it is only to the credit of the Crimson players that a higher score was averted...